This research presents a measurement method for a compliant gripper finger, whereby the location of the contact with an object and the exerted grasp force are measured indirectly, instead of directly on the contacting surface. For this purpose, the deformation is measured using strain gauges at two locations on the inside structure of the finger, where high deformations occur. The finger is modeled using a Finite Element Analysis, whereby strain data at the two sensor locations is gathered for a set of different contact locations. Now, by matching the measured data to a modeled scenario, both the actual contact location in this scenario and the accompanying contact force can be determined. For the experimental validation, the compliant finger embedded with the two strain gauges is manufactured and an experimental setup has been built. The results show that the contact location can be inferred from strain measurement and contact force is determined accurately up to order of magnitude of 10^-1 newton. Comparing the force-deformation behavior of the original and the embedded finger, a maximum difference of 6% in actuation force was observed. Hence, the sensing method is useful to indirectly measure contact location and force for a compliant finger in contact with an object, while having a minor influence on the grasping performance of the original design.